Re: Why the "social contract" should not be endorsed

On 28/02/2020 05:37, Mike Gerwitz wrote: > On Thu, Feb 27, 2020 at 22:26:27 +0100, Daniel Pocock wrote: >> It took me a few days, but I finally came up with a concise summary of >> the situation: >> >> https://fsfellowship.eu/what-is-a-safe-space/ > > I

Re: Shannon Dosemagen and the FSF

On 01/03/2020 01:56, aviva wrote: > It is a radical organization that ostracizes anyone who doesn't believe > in it's principles, and has a chilling effect on public discourse.    Please don't emphasize that point Some free software organizations try to ostracize volunteers who simply aren't

Re: Why the "social contract" should not be endorsed

On 22/02/2020 08:29, Alex Taylor wrote: > Finally "endorsing" the text would give the rebel group a legitimacy > which they neither have, nor deserve.  It's instructive to look at the > track record of these renegades.   The Guile and Guix projects have both > excluded and/or vilified people

code of conduct, or code of rights?

This is very relevant to discussions about a Code of Conduct The acid attack is also an interesting metaphor for what people have done to RMS, the attempts to associate him with villains, etc https://debian.community/codes-of-conduct-and-hypocrisy/ "Most people don't object to codes of

Re: avoiding the bias in vocabulary

On 15/02/2020 21:30, Daniel Pocock wrote: > > > On 15/02/2020 21:11, Kaz Kylheku (gnu-misc-discuss) wrote: >> On 2020-02-15 09:56, Daniel Pocock wrote: >>> There are a lot of words used in various discussions today that have >>> some bias. >>>

Re: duplicated messages and NYLXS cross-posting

On 16/02/2020 09:43, Alfred M. Szmidt wrote: >Is FSF censoring gnu-misc-discuss and other GNU lists and are these >other things an attempt to circumvent that? > > The FSF is not handling moderation of GNU project mailing lists, nor > is there any censorship going on here anymore. The

Re: duplicated messages and NYLXS cross-posting

On 16/02/2020 12:59, Ruben Safir wrote: > It is pretty simple. Stop trying to remove the emotional content > of my emails in face of this broad injustice to RMS and GNU This is a legitimate and important point Any serious course on communication teaches that logos, ethos and pathos go

duplicated messages and NYLXS cross-posting

Some odd things appear to be going on between gnu-misc-discuss and hang...@nylxs.com Some people appear to be cross-posting to both lists and/or other lists Somebody appears to have set up out-of-band forwarding of messages from the list hang...@nylxs.com to go to other individual addresses

Re: duplicated messages and NYLXS cross-posting

On 16/02/2020 15:02, John Darrington wrote: > On Sun, Feb 16, 2020 at 01:44:57PM +0000, Daniel Pocock wrote: >> >> >> On 16/02/2020 12:59, Ruben Safir wrote: >>> It is pretty simple. Stop trying to remove the emotional content >>> of my emails in face

torture in online communities, FSF, Debian, etc

There is news today about expanding the definition of torture to include the psychological abuse we see in online communities. They specifically talk about the practices of shaming and humiliating people, as we've seen in FSF abusing RMS and Debian abusing a number of volunteers. Misquoting

Re: avoiding the bias in vocabulary

On 19/02/2020 23:26, Alexandre François Garreau wrote: > Le samedi 15 février 2020, 18:56:21 CET Daniel Pocock a écrit : > >> There are a lot of words used in various discussions today that have > >> some bias. > >> > >> For example, the word /ban/ is

Re: Endorsing version 1.0 of the GNU Social Contract

> I, Frederic Y. Bois, maintainer of package GNU MCSim, endorse version > 1.0 of the GNU Social Contract, available at > . People are welcome to endorse the social contract (or any other document, like the Bible or the Koran) if they wish However, how

Re: GNU Social Contract version 1.0

On 14/02/2020 18:03, Andreas Enge wrote: > We have invited all GNU maintainers to send a message until February 24, > the end of the endorsement period, to endorse this version 1.0 of the > GNU Social Contract, or to declare they do not wish to adhere to it. You appear to be presenting that

avoiding the bias in vocabulary

There are a lot of words used in various discussions today that have some bias. For example, the word /ban/ is quite disparaging to the victim. Simply using the word continues the bias. >From a technical perspective, banning somebody from a mailing list and censoring somebody on a mailing

what is GNU? what is a social contract?

To correctly talk about things like the social contract, I feel it is first necessary to define what GNU means Each person may have a slightly different answer. When talking about a social contract or any other document like that: it is a bit like the Bible or the Koran: people can interpret

Re: avoiding the bias in vocabulary

On 15/02/2020 21:11, Kaz Kylheku (gnu-misc-discuss) wrote: > On 2020-02-15 09:56, Daniel Pocock wrote: >> There are a lot of words used in various discussions today that have >> some bias. >> >> For example, the word /ban/ is quite disparaging to the victim.  Simply

Re: suspending FSF contributor agreements with immediate effect

On 14/01/2020 22:31, Carlos O'Donell wrote: > On Tue, Jan 14, 2020 at 10:39 AM Daniel Pocock wrote: >> FSF will not change unless somebody gives them a strong reason to change. >> >> For example, if GNU developers write the following email to FSF, that >> wi

Re: Moderation / Censorship

On 14/01/2020 19:28, Jean Louis wrote: > * Ludovic Courtès [2020-01-14 15:39]: >> Dear moderators, >> >> A large part of the traffic over the last few weeks was repeated >> ad-hominem attacks, always by the same people. >> >> This is a violation of the list’s stated policy at >>

Re: suspending FSF contributor agreements with immediate effect

On 15/01/2020 01:19, Joel Sherrill wrote: > > > On Tue, Jan 14, 2020 at 5:48 PM Daniel Pocock <mailto:dan...@pocock.pro>> wrote: > > > > On 15/01/2020 00:42, Joel Sherrill wrote: > > This will create a lot of paperwork which puts GNU project

Re: suspending FSF contributor agreements with immediate effect

On 15/01/2020 00:42, Joel Sherrill wrote: > This will create a lot of paperwork which puts GNU project maintainers in a  > very bad position. In practice, this is the sad reality of an organization where volunteers have not been registered as equal members with equal votes in the corporate

suspending FSF contributor agreements with immediate effect

: if a significant quantity of code is published and virtually embargoed like this, it creates an incentive for FSF to satisfy those people and gain rights over that code. Regards, Daniel Pocock -- Debian Developer https://danielpocock.com To: John Sullivan CC: (relevant project mailing lists) Subject

Uncensored Speakers invitation today/tonight, Honorary Membership for RMS

I've written to the President of Uncensored Speakers and suggested making RMS an Honorary Member The next meeting is 18:50 UTC today, that is in about 45 minutes from now. There is a guest speaker from Harvard, Professor Latica Tomasic Kickert will talk about leadership. The meetings are

police report against the petition mob

If you feel the same pain watching the attacks on RMS that you felt watching the mob at the US Capitol then you are a witness to a crime. https://debian.community/molly-de-blanc-arrest-and-prosecution-for-cyberbullying/

Re: police report against the petition mob

On 27/03/2021 01:05, DJ Delorie wrote: > > There's a huge difference between an armed insurrection at a political > capital, and people expressing their opinions calmly in writing > (regardless of what those opinions are, or how much you sensationalize > them). Choosing such highly

RMS and fresh censorship attempts

I don't know if this message will be received or not Is it a coincidence that RMS returns to the FSF board and there is a simultaneous campaign to censor blogs from other web sites and services? Is anybody else experiencing these censorship attempts on mailing lists, IRC, Planet sites, social

why didn't de Blanc include Matthias Kirschner, FSFE in open letter?

There is far more evidence concerning Kirschner's behavior towards women. A female employee engaged a lawyer to tell him not to visit her home He still came to her home anyway. http://fsfellowship.eu/matthias-kirschner-jonas-oberg-fsfe-paternity-maternity-hypocrisy/ de Blanc and her enablers

recognition of Dr Richard Stallman, Honorary Debian Developer

I've recently been able to acquire[1] the Debian trademark in Switzerland Using whatever authority comes with the trademark, I'm recognizing Dr Stallman as an Honorary Debian Developer For safety, I revoked the Code of Conduct before[1] doing this. Thanks Dr Stallman, none of the competing

emails about FSFE impersonating the FSF

I've published more emails about the FSFE problem here: https://danielpocock.com/matthias-fsfe-analogous-identity-fraud/ Regards, Daniel -- https://softwarefreedom.institute Software Freedom Institute SA, CHE-426.705.848 c/o Impact Hub, Avenue des Bergières 10 1004 Lausanne, Switzerland